Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-01

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lister. ana Thefeay Makes = stake
One u the topics Of canvssssfi0n h
Seattle d1Fine ths pazs toe days. has
been TIE arrest Of I. 3 Spaaord fer Ire
alleged killing Of bis wife By feeding
her on gravel stoass. annosia and car
bo1is seid- The Posr IxrEL1zGxzcKz
has beretofoFs given the statements Of
ths Presenting Attorney, Vito fnEesti-
gated TIE o6se, and sgore cut tbs var
rsnts and also tie statement 81 Scat
ford hlmself, Who admits that Be fed
els wife on gravel atones TO cure q gain
n her stomach AmorQ the ukuy per
sons IN this city Who are acquainted
with spaford, b
an. v. H S0zHSoS,
Proprietor Of the Saddle Rock Res
lanrant- Mr.. johnson. in spsaking Of
the man. said.
"Four years ago vas running the
lath mills and picket machines as tie
Utsaiedy Eilla, under contract This
man Spad5rd and his wife and litale
con came over there from Samlsh. and
be applied foe work. gAvs aim Q job
- eA&8 t0A4 A1A8-9l4ls \ AItAIEQ tG44 g
would ffequsutly leave his work for q
shsFt time, and refer 20 3 book, whieh
be bad. ! finally asked him what be
vas st1dyinR, and be said: i am 8
mtnissez Of the Gospel, and am going
10 organize q church n this porn. This
- my book OF sermons, and as AN q
little rusty thoaRht / would brush Up
q little for Sunday This statement
rather pleased me. ~ | vas clad 20
know We we're 10 have religious services
IN the poFt regularly, and /, thinking
she fellow was sincere. encouraged him.
Notices we're posted that there would be
preaching on Sunday, aud she result
vas that the bell was crowded at the
appointed hour. SpsHord took his
plaee on she platform, and after . mess
feEvent prayer delivered q most elo-
quent sermon, which be had committed
cot Of his book Of sermons. and when
the hat was passed around the mill
hands contributed literally. At the
Gloss Of the services SpsfoFd an
noaHeed that he would preach the fol-
lowing Sunday. During the week be
committed another sermon, and the
Bsxt Sunday he repeated the frst per
formanoe AID received another gener
Gus collection. This thing vent on for
some time until his little son, Who vas
i've OF six years old. c0mmsnced 30 talk
to the children In Utsalady, telling
them the most disgraceful stories about
the conduct Of higfather aud mother a.
home. The children told these stories to
their parents, and the greatest indigna
ton vas expressed ia regard to it.
About this time an old acquaintance of
Spadord came 10 DTS ilady, and in
meeting him In my presence said:
Hello. old man, what are you doing
heFel They tell me you are working
the preaching racket on the people,
SpafoFd blu he'd, and drawing his
frieod one side said 20 him: 'DoH't
give 1t away that
/ AN NO GOOD.
For am making this preaching bnsi-
ness pay. get from IS TO 50 per week
cot OF IT, When heard this state
meat from his own lips, told the felix's
around there that he Vas an impsster,
and bis congregation dvindled down TO
nothing. After be had been there five
or six weeks he told me be thought he
would quit work, as his back was lame.
needed men and urged him TO keep
on, bat be declared he was not able TO
work and | paid him of. That same
day be vent up into the mill and car
Fied load OF wood home On his back
such as would not thiRk Of eutting on
TO horse. The mill hands had hearty
laugh over IL, and there wts net man
in the mill Who would attempt 10 carry
as much wood st one load as this man
with lame back walked OF with. The
truth Of the matter was, his gospel
~ - Aask.-.1
preparing to seek pastures new, where
be could repeat bis humbuRRing scheme.
HE THEN TOOK GRAVEL.
remember him very well. One Of
the things WHOM impressed me was the
fact that he was gravel hend at that
time. His wife used to 20 down on the
beach almost every day, while be was
committing his sermons and making
lsth, and gather fer him o cup Of gravel.
She told me one day that her husband
took a dose OF gravel after every meal
for the dyspepsia, and that in the course
Of the day be would swallow half a cup
OF gravel stones. She vas a simple
minded gomAn and seemed ali wrapped
up IN her husband. BE seemed to have
q wonderful power over her"
RepoTter-Have you sesn Spaford
sipee be has been In jail7
Mr.. Jobnson-Os. yes; / called upon
him In jail today. He knew me as soon
As be saw me. He gave me q fifteen
hundred dollar talk about bis troubles,
aud rehearsed the story about his wife.
He has made that theme study and
has il down pat. aud I dare say u the
iAiloF would search his cell be would
ind the whole story written out. Spsf-
ford's head was level when he wrote
"An asylum for lunatie. where they
feed and keep him cool.
But there's no place under heaven
where they ever want fool"